Sanitary drinking-fountain



' 'J. A. BENSON. SANITARY DRINKING FOUNTAIN.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 24. 1920.

1 ,36(),260, Patented Nov. 30, 1920.

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SANITARY DRINKING-FOUNTAIN.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patgnted N V, 30 1920 Application filedMay 24, 1920. Serial No. 383,854.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be itknown that I, JOHN A. BENSON, a citizenof the United States, residing at Lawrence, in the county of Douglas andState of Kansas,have invented a new and useful SanitaryDrinking-Fountain, of which the following is a specification.

The device forming the subject matter of this application is a. drinkingfountain, and one object of the invention is to provide such a fountainwherein it will be impossible for a person to place the lips directlyabout the nozzle--an obviously unsanitary and unde sirable procedure. 1

Another object of the invention is to provide novel means for caring forthe surplus or drain Water.

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and toenhance the utility of devices of that type to which the inventionappertains.

With the above and other objects in view, which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the arrangement andcombination of-parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that, within the scope ofwhat is claimed, changes in the precise embodiment of the inventionshown can be made without departing from.

the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings, the device is disclosed in a single figurein the nature of a side elevation, parts appearing in section.

In carrying out the invention there is provided a delivery pipe 1provided at its upper end with a funnel 2. The delivery pipe 1 has areduced nozzle 3 located within the funnel 2. The numeral 4 denotes adrain pipe having a funnel 5 disposed. opposite to the funnel 2 of thedelivery pipe 1, the lower portion of the funnel 5 carrying a dependinglip 6 which is trough-shaped 1n cross section. The pipes 1 and 1 arebowed in opposite directions. The lower ends of the pipes 1 and 4, maybe connected, in-

tegrally or otherwise, as indicated at 7 The device hereinbeforedescribed is adapted to be used in a variety of ways and with structuresof widely different sorts. By way of explanation, however, the deliverypipe 1 is shown extended, as at 8, through the bottom of a basin 9supported charged, through the end portion 11 of the pipe 4:, into thebasin 9, the water leaving the basin 9 by way of the outlet 12. A person desiring a drink secures the same from the stream which. flowsbetween the funnels 2 and 5. The funnel 5 serves to prevent the waterfrom spattering about as it leaves the nozzle 8. The major portion ofthewater proceeding from the nozzle 3 will be dis charged directly into theupper end of the drain pipe i at the smaller end of the funnel 5, but ifany of the water should flow backwa-rdly along the lower portion of thefunnel, that portion of the water will be received. by the lip 6 and bedirected downwardly.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is 1. A drinkingfountain comprising delivery and drain oipes terminating in oppositelydisposed funnels, the delivery pipe having a nozzle located within thefunnel of the delivery pipe and discharging into the funnel of the drainpipe.

2. A drinking fountain comprising oppositely bowed delivery and drainpipes provided at their upper ends with oppositely disposed funnels, thelower ends of the delivery and drain pipes being connected, the lowerend of the drain pipe being spaced above the lower end of the deliverypipe.

3. A drinking fountain comprislng delivery and drain pipes terminatingin oppositely disposed funnels, the delivery pipe having a reducednozzle located within the funnel of the delivery pipe and discharginginto the funnel of the drain pipe, the funnel of the drain pipe beingprovided with a depending lip.

4. A drinking fountain comprising delivery and drain pipes terminatingin oppositely disposed funnels, the delivery pipe having a reducednozzle located withln the funnel of the delivery pipe and discharginginto the funnel of the drain pipe, the funnel of the di'ainpipe beingsupplied with a demyown, I haveihei'eto afiixed-my signature pendinglip, the delivery and drain pipes in the presence of two witnesses.being bowed in opposite directions and be- 1 T 1 T ing connected, thelower end of the drain JOHA BBB 5 pipe being spacedabove'thelewerendnfthe e Witnesses:

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In testimony that I claim the'foregoing as ETHYL'MAYER.

